Posted December 13, 20186 yr Well once again one of the usual suspects gets the new Apple site. And to think Raleigh/Durham thought they had it all wrapped up. Lots of new expansions also...but not in Ohio..sigh. News here: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/tech/apple-campus-austin-texas/index.html A good piece by Aaron Renn showing who the winners are: https://www.urbanophile.com/2018/12/13/rich-keep-getting-richer-in-tech-as-apple-picks-austin-for-1-billion-campus/
February 4, 20196 yr i saw this sez 3M sq ft of bland office park offices and 5-15k employees in north austin: https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/12/13/1b-apple-campus-coming-to-north-austin.html
February 4, 20196 yr 20 miles from downtown. I live in Austin. The sprawl is unreal, especially heading north along 183 and 35.
February 5, 20196 yr Not only do the rich keep getting richer as far as metros go, the suburbs keep getting more suburban. This doesn't surprise me at all. Apple and many other tech giants are about as anti-urban as they come. Also, I feel like Austin is about as overhyped as Nashville.
February 5, 20196 yr 45 minutes ago, jam40jeff said: Not only do the rich keep getting richer as far as metros go, the suburbs keep getting more suburban. This doesn't surprise me at all. Apple and many other tech giants are about as anti-urban as they come. Also, I feel like Austin is about as overhyped as Nashville. Eh depends on what you mean by overhyped. It’s certainly not much of a city urbanity-wise. But I feel like its reputation is built on food, music, and tech. All three dwarf anything similar in the 3Cs.
February 5, 20196 yr austin is basically a southern twin of columbus. they are quite the same in being growing capitals with big, dominating state colleges that have boomed, sprawled and lost their charming, sleepy, hippy dippy vibes. of course they are also different in the businesses and people they attract. personally i still like columbus, but not austin anymore. austin seems to have faired worse for the growth and lost much of its charm to me, while the growth improves columbus. austin handed its once low key, cool kid vibe over to el paso.
November 12, 20195 yr the 542 footer indeed tower is underway. https://www.statesman.com/business/20180517/exclusive-indeed-plans-to-expand-in-austin-add-up-to-3000-jobs more: https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=8711497&postcount=558
November 12, 20195 yr On 2/19/2019 at 6:09 PM, mrnyc said: austin keeps on steadily chugging along -- this hotel is completed. Wow, this is hideous.
November 12, 20195 yr haha yeah. runnin with the devil. everybody has a hideous hotel or three like that. here is a much nicer residential/dual branded hotel going up on brazos -- 504' and 47 floors: https://austin.towers.net/downtown-austin-getting-two-hotels-at-5th-brazos-tower/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/128036658@N05/
May 1, 20205 yr 6 x guadalupe foundation work 848' webcam http://webcampub.multivista.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=aPublicWebcam.page&WebcamPublicPageUID=3541F03E-9E1B-4E7D-A2A6-E3C4B0C3B2C1
May 30, 20205 yr a new proposal looks good and is a big one, 4th and brazos, 823' / 65 floors of mixed use rental apts and offices. the current site is a typical texas and old austin sleepy, scubby downtown warehouse that has lately been yupped up to an events space. https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-search-other?t_detail=1&t_selected_folderrsn=12416211&t_selected_propertyrsn=166208
May 31, 20205 yr Austin has some of the weirdest buildings going up. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 3, 20204 yr this one is rather unusual -- its called block 185 and is obviously u/c 594' -- 35 floors
August 3, 20204 yr Definitely a new landmark for that city. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 24, 20204 yr austin keeps chooglin along -- these are two fancy apt towers in play: the natiivo 358'/33 fl and the quincy on red river 369'/ 30 fl
October 15, 20204 yr this lux apt tower is replacing one of those low rise formerly scubby nothing warehouses downtown. 300 colorado / 466' on the left
October 19, 20204 yr and more. geesh. indeed tower 542' / 36 fl its a ut related development. original render -- it looks nothing like this. last month via echostatic.
November 18, 20213 yr austin is joining the supertall club. waller park place aka 98 red river (at waller creek/ceasar chavez) 1474' above sea level, but austin is 450' above sea level, so 1024'-ish/74 stories architect - kpf status -- site prep is happening, 'world class' signage is up and a facade mockup glass panel is out on display more: https://austin.towers.net/downtown-austins-first-supertall-tower-plan-arrives-at-waller-creek-site/
November 18, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, mrnyc said: austin is joining the supertall club. waller park place aka 98 red river (at waller creek/ceasar chavez) 1474' above sea level, but austin is 450' above sea level, so 1024'-ish/74 stories architect - kpf status -- site prep is happening, 'world class' signage is up and a facade mockup glass panel is out on display more: https://austin.towers.net/downtown-austins-first-supertall-tower-plan-arrives-at-waller-creek-site/ Wow. Austin’s growth is off the charts. Amazing! I would love to see an Ohio city take off like this. Edited November 18, 20213 yr by 646empire
November 27, 20213 yr yikes! AUSTIN — Over the last few years, in one of the fastest-growing cities in America, change has come at a feverish pace to the capital of Texas, with churches demolished, mobile home parks razed and neighborhood haunts replaced with trendy restaurants and luxury apartment complexes. more: https://dnyuz.com/2021/11/27/how-austin-became-one-of-the-least-affordable-cities-in-america/
April 15, 20223 yr Saw this on LinkedIn today. Unbelievable growth. I hadn't heard of the proposal upthread for Texas' tallest in Austin before now. But this video does a slick job of showing off all the projects. https://youtu.be/zN-dKj19QJs Edited April 15, 20223 yr by JohnSummit
April 17, 20223 yr ^ that is just crazy to see. here is block 185 their new sail style bldg -- its almost done. via urbannizer
October 26, 20222 yr yeeee haaa! -- ya'll heard the first supertall in texas is underway, right pardners? boy howdy -- don't mess with texas -- 🤠 and it recently got a name, 98 red river aka waterline -- 1,022'/74 fl Work starts on Austin tower destined to be tallest in Texas at 74 stories high SHONDA NOVAK | Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN — Construction is underway on a 74-story tower in downtown Austin that, once completed, will become the tallest building not only in Austin but in all of Texas, its developers say. Development partners Lincoln Property Company and Kairoi Residential said they have broken ground on the mixed-use tower, planned to be 1,022 feet tall. The tower joins downtown Austin's ongoing high-rise building boom, which is reshaping the city's skyline. more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/06/austin-waterline-tower-tallest-building-texas/8000108001/?fbclid=IwAR3RmtveovvPXilUPr2mtI5GhwkCUmtcnoMwyDUYqScUcAuahK67qpvcGLw via jason luebbe
October 26, 20222 yr I was in Austin a few months ago, the amount of construction in the downtown core is ridiculous, especially compared to its size. Makes sense though, nice green spaces, good use of the riverfront, fantastic music scene, great bar scene. Lots going on. No wonder people are moving in.
October 27, 20222 yr That new tower is only 1' shorter than Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, the tallest in the Southern US. Build that extra 2 feet, Austin!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 27, 20222 yr 2 hours ago, mrnyc said: yeeee haaa! -- ya'll heard the first supertall in texas is underway, right pardners? boy howdy -- don't mess with texas -- 🤠 and it recently got a name, 98 red river aka waterline -- 1,022'/74 fl Work starts on Austin tower destined to be tallest in Texas at 74 stories high SHONDA NOVAK | Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN — Construction is underway on a 74-story tower in downtown Austin that, once completed, will become the tallest building not only in Austin but in all of Texas, its developers say. Development partners Lincoln Property Company and Kairoi Residential said they have broken ground on the mixed-use tower, planned to be 1,022 feet tall. The tower joins downtown Austin's ongoing high-rise building boom, which is reshaping the city's skyline. more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/06/austin-waterline-tower-tallest-building-texas/8000108001/?fbclid=IwAR3RmtveovvPXilUPr2mtI5GhwkCUmtcnoMwyDUYqScUcAuahK67qpvcGLw via jason luebbe Houston has a 1k foot tower built in the 80s
October 27, 20222 yr 8 hours ago, bumsquare said: Houston has a 1k foot tower built in the 80s 1,001 feet to be exact LOL, and another at 992'.
October 27, 20222 yr 11 hours ago, Ethan said: I was in Austin a few months ago, the amount of construction in the downtown core is ridiculous, especially compared to its size. Makes sense though, nice green spaces, good use of the riverfront, fantastic music scene, great bar scene. Lots going on. No wonder people are moving in. It's Texas's "liberal reservation". The benefits of living in the state, yet culturally liberal while kept from getting too "progressive" because of the influence of the state government.
October 30, 20222 yr On 10/27/2022 at 6:32 AM, E Rocc said: 1,001 feet to be exact LOL, and another at 992'. thank you google. yeah that forgettable pei. they should have kept the rivoli/uptown and built that elsewhere. hopefully this austin tallboy is more iconic.
October 31, 20222 yr the pandemic wrecked things, or at least slowed them, but its quite possible austin may have another 1000' super tall on the horizon -- more: https://austin.towers.net/two-towers-at-the-railyard-could-redefine-austins-skyline-twice/ https://online.fliphtml5.com/dpxl/oyzb/ An aerial view of the two Railyard tracts, each occupying a half-block on either side of San Jacinto Boulevard. From this perspective, the top site highlighted is the eastern tract and the bottom site highlighted is the western tract. Image: Bing Maps
November 4, 20231 yr the republic (401 West 4th Street) | 710 FEET | 47 FLOORS this one is well underway now -- more: https://austin.towers.net/it-sure-looks-like-the-republic-towers-breaking-ground-this-spring/ renders -- A view of the Republic tower, rising just south of Republic Square and making an impressive neighbor to the W Hotel and Residences, the 360 Condos, and one controversial courthouse. Image: Lincoln Property Company / Duda Paine / HKS current -- via haif
January 9, 20241 yr new for austin — the luminary — 35 fl The price of a condo will range from $600,000 to more than $3 million, according to Northland, and Austin-based Urbanspace LLP is in charge of marketing and sales. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2024/01/04/northland-living-plans-downtown-tower.html
March 2, 20241 yr Austin , USA. ( 2014 - 2023 ) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 26, 20241 yr not good news for overgrown austin — Plunging Home Prices, Fleeing Companies: Austin’s Glow Is Fading Story by Shelly Hagan and Amanda Albright (Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp. is moving its headquarters out of the city. Tesla Inc. is pulling back after a rapid expansion. Almost a quarter of commercial office space is vacant, and nowhere in the country have residential real estate prices fallen further from their pandemic peak. more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/plunging-home-prices-fleeing-companies-austin-s-glow-is-fading/ar-AA1nFgrS
April 26, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, mrnyc said: not good news for overgrown austin — Plunging Home Prices, Fleeing Companies: Austin’s Glow Is Fading Story by Shelly Hagan and Amanda Albright (Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp. is moving its headquarters out of the city. Tesla Inc. is pulling back after a rapid expansion. Almost a quarter of commercial office space is vacant, and nowhere in the country have residential real estate prices fallen further from their pandemic peak. more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/plunging-home-prices-fleeing-companies-austin-s-glow-is-fading/ar-AA1nFgrS The residential is falling because they are actually building enough housing now. That isn’t a bad thing, companies leaving is not great though.
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